{"id":42686,"date":"2017-10-01T11:08:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T15:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=42686"},"modified":"2017-09-26T11:15:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:15:36","slug":"ginny-moon-benjamin-ludwig-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/ginny-moon-benjamin-ludwig-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42297\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/Ginny-Moon-by-Benjamin-Ludwig-on-BookDragon-527x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/Ginny-Moon-by-Benjamin-Ludwig-on-BookDragon-527x800.jpg 527w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/Ginny-Moon-by-Benjamin-Ludwig-on-BookDragon.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/>Narrator Em Eldridge is undoubtedly convincing \u2013 and her range here impressive. She\u2019s youthful and innocent as almost-14-year-old Ginny, gently gruff but patient as Ginny\u2019s Forever Dad, and alternately understanding and stressed as Ginny\u2019s Forever Mom. Eldridge also moves seamlessly among the other characters who circumscribe Ginny\u2019s world \u2013 carefully controlled not only because Ginny is autistic but because she must be protected from her abusive birth mother Gloria, from whom she was rescued five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s recently been adopted, and her Forever Mom is pregnant, so Ginny\u2019s practicing to be a big sister with a plastic electronic baby, but that also triggers her to ask repeatedly for her Baby Doll left behind in Gloria\u2019s apartment. Once upon a time, Ginny promised to care for Baby Doll always, and suddenly she\u2019s lying, stealing, and even contacting Gloria to get Baby Doll back.<\/p>\n<p>Ginny\u2019s dangerous actions generate concern, tension, and even the threat of permanent separation \u2013 her Forever Mom\u2019s reactions are especially troubling \u2013 until the adults start hearing exactly what Ginny\u2019s been saying all along.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: That <a href=\"http:\/\/benjaminludwig.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benjamin Ludwig<\/a> himself is the adoptive parent of a daughter with autism surely lends his debut novel authenticity; Ginny\u2019s voice gets further validation though Eldridge\u2019s affecting recitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2017-09-15-8632795.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Audio,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, September 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narrator Em Eldridge is undoubtedly convincing \u2013 and her range here impressive. 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